Small animal wound management: Options for wound closure

Kelly Bowlt BVM&S MRCVS 
Ed Friend BVetMed Cert SAS DECVS MRCVS
Companion Animal Vol 16 
June 2011.

This article looks at wound closure once a healthy wound bed has been achieved. It discusses simple techniques for the avoidance of skin tension and includes skin stretching and vacuum assisted wound closure. Finally, techniques and recommendations for free skin grafts and skin flaps are presented